“Sharing a little piece of information about yourself is key to cultivating warmth, a concept that’s widely misunderstood: Warmth is distinct from friendliness or cheeriness…it’s about how easily you can convey to another person that the two of you have something meaningful in common.”
9 Things That Don’t Matter In Life As Much As You Think They Do
“It’s nice to create impact that changes the world when you are no longer there. But maybe things matter in a different way than we think. Maybe everything matters because nothing matters.”
A Reminder Of What We Have In Common
“It’s easy to put people in boxes. There’s us and there’s them.”
The 3 Minutes It Takes To Read This Will Simplify Your Work Forever
Since my tips to improve your writing in two minutes and tips to improve your conversations were so popular, I’d like to share some similar tips to simplify your work.
No matter what kind of work you do, the following will help you focus and simplify how you do it.
10 Ideas Worth Sharing This Week
“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” – Isaac Newton
The $100 Startup Is Worth Recommending
Chris Guillebeau’s The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future is a great read that will inspire you and give you simple, actionable advice on how to start a business or project.
Even if you’re not looking to start a business, it’s worth a read to better learn how to frame your life in a way to get what makes you happy.
Trump Isn’t The Start Of An Era – He’s The End Of One
“In short order he will completely and irrevocably alienate all the growing political constituencies of the 21st century: the Millennial generation, people of color, educated professionals, women. He’ll eventually do the same for a significant number of more moderate Republicans. I think the backlash will be fast and furious.”
Persistence Is Undervalued
“In one experiment, they gave participants 10 minutes to come up with as many creative ideas as they could. Then, they surprised the participants with an extra 10 minutes to finish completing the task. People underestimated how many new ideas they would come up with during the extra 10 minutes…by 66%.”
This Is What’s Happening To The Media Business
“The shift of both escapism and story-telling away from traditional TV are noteworthy in their own rights; equally important, though, is that they are happening at the same time.”
What Happens If Millennials Don’t Want To Live In Cities?
“Are large numbers of millennials really so enamored with city living that they will age and raise families inside the urban core, or will many of them, like earlier generations, eventually head to the suburbs in search of bigger homes and better school districts?”